The ball end is easier to insert and also allows driving with the shank
at an angle. There is a "waist" above the ball, so quality of the tool
is especially important.
A couple of decades back I visited John Bondhus up in St Cloud,
Minnesota and he gifted me with a set of his screwdriver-handled ball
drivers and told me (with a smile) that they'd never break - and they
not only haven't broken, they haven't worn enough to detect. When I
decided to get the T-handled wrenches, I bought his. As far as I can
tell, these are the same high quality.

Treat yourself to a set of the Bondhus ball end drivers. If you can
manage to break one, you can always grind the end square - but I suspect
that won't happen. :)

I've never had a problem tightening with a quality ball end, either.
It's amazing how "little" contact there is between a standard hex Allen
wrench and the screw's socket. In most cases, I don't think the standard
end is an advantage.

I just took a look at www.bondhus.com to get myself up to date - and
learned that they come with an unconditional lifetime guarantee.
I also learned that John Bondhus died in 2006 - and I mourn the passing
of one of the very finest mentors/coaches/teachers to ever touch my
life. When John spoke, you could even /hear/ that "Quality" was spelled
with a capital "Q"...

Morris, you find some of the most obscure, yet totally useful links.
Never heard of Bondhus, now I will give their products a go. I sure
hope that whosoever has taken his place does it with the same
standards he had. That CNC of mine is peppered with Allen head screws,
so to invest in a fresh batch of ball-ends would...ermm...almost be
fun?

I think you'll be (at least) satisfied. I'd never heard of Bondhus,
either, until someone the Minnesota Department of Economic Development
told me to give John a call for advice on getting a fledgling business
off the ground. From then on, the name jumped out at me from just about
every tool catalog I read. :)

"Robatoy" wrote
I have been known to chase a Snap-Off truck to its next stop. Now one
stops here.
He's a grinning bastard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robatoy, a Snap On Stalker? .........., it makes sense.

"Robatoy" wrote
Morris, you find some of the most obscure, yet totally useful links.
Never heard of Bondhus, now I will give their products a go. I sure
hope that whosoever has taken his place does it with the same
standards he had. That CNC of mine is peppered with Allen head screws,
so to invest in a fresh batch of ball-ends would...ermm...almost be
fun?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was almost gonna kid you about this.
But............., a quality machine like that REQUIRES quality tools to
take care of it. To do less would risk the ire of the Tool Gods.
You have been warned.

I agree. No point in touching a precision instrument with anything
less than a quality tool. *smirk*
I mean... would you bow a Guarneri cello with anything less than a bow
made from the tail of a virgin Arabian mare?
.
.
.
.
I thought not.

Cleaning (verb): (a) Removing the dust from something, such as your short
term memory. (b) Hiding things from yourself. (c) The act of moving things
in order to destroy one's short to medium term memories of item location.
See also: Organization
Puckdropper

--
On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. That's a good thing, though, as some
writers are incorrigible.

I still have the GBoC. Haven't quite worked up to Dad's GBoC (Golden Barrel
of Crap). His started during the depression when materials were a lot more
expensive that labor.
I understand the rational of tossing GBoC, but its such an instilled
habit that I can't break it.
On the other hand, I did finally break one of Dads other habits:
straightening and re-using bent nails. Took a while, though.

When I was a kid and we were into building "Forts" I remember gazing
at the nail bins full of virgin 16d commons with something approaching
lust.
We only had benders for our use.
I think that's why it pissed me off so much in later years when I
would run the magnetic broom over the jobsite and find POUNDS of
wasted nails from the framing crews.
Regards,
Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 /

Log in

HomeOwnersHub.com is a website for homeowners and building and maintenance pros. It is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here.
All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.